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Mexican Brown Snake

Storeria storerioides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 31, February 29, March 31, April 61, May 65, June 72, July 109, August 98, September 77, October 92, November 50, December 29.
Mexico744
Mexico211
Jalisco116
Michoacan de Ocampo73
Guanajuato37
Durango27
Morelos22
Tlaxcala17
Puebla14
Colima10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusAmerican Brown Snakes · Storeria

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